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Tabular Data - Communications in Turkey
| Telephones - Main Lines In Use : |
18,916,700 (2003) |
| Telephones - Cellular : |
27,887,500 (2003) |
| Telephone System : |
general assessment: undergoing rapid modernization and expansion, especially with cellular telephones
domestic: additional digital exchanges are permitting a rapid increase in subscribers; the construction of a network of technologically advanced intercity trunk lines, using both fiber-optic cable and digital microwave radio relay is facilitating communication between urban centers; remote areas are reached by a domestic satellite system; the number of subscribers to mobile cellular telephone service is growing rapidly
international: country code - 90; international service is provided by three submarine fiber-optic cables in the Mediterranean and Black Seas, linking Turkey with Italy, Greece, Israel, Bulgaria, Romania, and Russia; also by 12 Intelsat earth stations, and by 328 mobile satellite terminals in the Inmarsat and Eutelsat systems (2002) |
| Radio Stations : |
AM 16, FM 107, shortwave 6 (2001) |
| Radios : |
11,300,000 (1997) |
| Television Stations : |
635 (plus 2,934 repeaters) (1995) |
| Televisions : |
20.9 million (1997) |
| Internet Country Code : |
.tr |
| Internet Service Providers (ISPs) : |
50 (2001) |
| Internet Users : |
5.5 million (2003) |
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